"Ever feeble indeed is the plot of Shaitân (Satan)".
وقال سبحانه "إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ * إِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِهِ مُشْرِكُونَ" .
سورة النحل / آية : 99 ، 100 .
"Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord."
His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allؤپh".
Remembrance of Allah Almighty..
Al Harith Al Asha'ry said that the prophet said "
Allah ordered Yahya bin Zakaria five words to do them and to make children of Israel make them... "and then remember Allah, like a man who was pursued by the enemy, when he came to a fortress, he found protection from him, this is like the slave who protects himself from the devil by remembering Allah". Narrated by Ahmed and Atermizi.
Cleaning Nose when waking up..
The prophet said:.
"When any one of you awakes up from sleep, he must clean his nose three times, for the devil spends the night in the interior of his nose." Al Bukhari and Moslem.
Protections while entering the toilet..
كان رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :إذا دخل الخلاء قال " اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الخُبْث والخبائث " .
Anas Ibn Malik narrated the the prophet while entering the toilet he said:
"Allah, I seek Refuge with You from all offensive and wicked things (evil deeds and evil spirits)." Al Bukhari and Moslem.
Saying I seek refuge with You from the whisperings (suggestions) of the Shayâtîn...
قال " وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ * وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ " .سورة المؤمنون / آية : 97 ، 98 .
"And say: "My Lord! I seek refuge with You from the whisperings (suggestions) of the Shayâtîn (devils). And I seek refuge with You, My Lord! lest they should come near me."
وعن الوليد بن الوليد ـ رضي الله عنه ـ أنه قال : يا رسول الله ! إنِّي أجدُ وحشة ، قال "فإذا أخذت مضجعَك فقل : أعوذ بكلمات اللهِ التامة من غضبه وعقابه وشرِّ عباده ، ومن همزات الشياطين ، وأن يحضرون فإنه لا يَضُرَّك ، وبالحريِّ أن لا يقربُك "
He said: O Messenger of God! I find loneliness. He said: “If you lie down, say: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His wrath, punishment, and the evil of His servants, and from the provocations of the devils, and from their presence, for it will not harm you, nor bring you near.”.Al Imam Ahmed.
Protections in morning and evening. .
Othman Ibn Affan said that the prophet said:
When the slave says in every morning and every evening: In the name of Allah, who nothing hurts with his name on earth or in heaven, He is the All Knower, three times nothing will hurt him. Someone was hurt one day and he said I was hurt because I haven't said the supplication that day. Narrated by Atermizi and others
أن رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم ـ قال " من قال : لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له ، له الملك وله الحمد ، وهو على كل شيءٍ قدير ، في يومٍ مائةَ مرة . كانت له عدْلَ عشر رقاب . وكتبت له مائة حسنة ومحيت عنه مائةُ سيئة . وكانت له حرزًا من الشيطان يَوْمَهُ ذلك حتى يمسي ، ولم يأت أحدٌ أفضلَ مما جاء به إلا أحدٌ عمِلَ أكثرَ من ذلك .
ومن قال : سبحان الله وبحمده في يومٍ مائةَ مرة ، حُطَّتْ خطاياهُ ولو كانت مثلَ زبدِ البحرِ " . .
Abi Hurairah narrated that the prophet said:
"If one says one-hundred times in one day: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Alone Who has no partners, to Him belongs Dominion and to Him belong all the Praises, and He has power over all things (i.e. Omnipotent)", one will get the reward of manumitting ten slaves, and one-hundred good deeds will be written in his account, and one-hundred bad deeds will be wiped off or erased from his account, and on that day he will be protected from the morning till evening from Satan, and nobody will be superior to him except one who has done more than that which he has done." Al Bukhari and Moslem.
عن أبي هريرة ـ رضي الله عنه ـ قال : قال أبو بكر : يا رسول الله مُرني بشيء أقولُهُ إذا أصبحتُ وإذا أمسيتُ ، قال " قُل اللهم عالمَ الغيبِ والشهادةِ فاطر السمواتِ والأرض ربَّ كلِّ شيءٍ وَمَليكهُ ، أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت ، أعوذ بك من شرِّ نفسي ، ومن شرِّ الشيطانِ وشِرْكِهِ قال : قُلْهُ إذا أصبحتَ ، وإذا أمسيت ، وإذا أخذت مضجعك " .
Abi Hurairah narrated that Abi Bakr asked the prophet about words to be said in morning and evening,
The Prophet said, "O Allah, Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, Creator of the heavens and the earth, everything is in Your hands. I testify that there is no god but You. I seek refuge with You from the evil of myself and the evil of shaytan and his (encouragement to) associate others (with You)." Say it in the morning and the evening and when you go to sleep." Abi Dawood and Atermizi.
قال صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم " قل هو الله أحد والمعوذتين حين تمسي وتصبح ثلاث مرات تكفيك من كل شيء " .
Abdullah Ibn khobaib said: we went on a rainy night to seek the prophet, I found him and the prophet told me:
"Say." So I said nothing. Then he said: "Say." So I said nothing.
He said: "Say." I said: What should I say
The prophet said if you recite surat "Al Iklas" and "The two Moawezat" three times in the morning and evening, they will suffice you from everything
Protection when hearing dogs barking.. " إذا سمعتم نُبَاحَ الكلاب ، ونهيقَ الحمير من الليل ، فتعوذوا بالله ، فإنها ترى ما لا ترون " .
Jabir Ibn Abdullah narrated that the prophet said:
"If you hear dogs barking and donkeys braying at night, seek refuge with Allah, for they see what you don't see". Narrated by Ahmed.
Protection for the house and food from the devil..
" إذا دخل الرجلُ بيتَه ، فذكر الله عند دخوله وعند طعامه ، قال الشيطان : لا مبيت لكم ولا عَشَاءَ ، وإذا دخل فلم يَذْكُرِ الله عند دخوله ، قال الشيطان : أدركتم المبيتَ ، وإذا لم يَذْكُرِ الله عند طعامه ، قال : أدركتم المبيتَ والعَشَاءَ " .
Jabir Ibn Abdullah narrated that the prophet said:
"If a man enters his house, then he remembers Allah when he enters and when he is eating, Satan says: You have neither overnight nor dinner, and if he enters he does not remember Allah when he enters." Sahih Moslem.
Protection when going to any place..
إذا نزل أحدُكُم منزلًا فليقل " أعوذ بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلق ، فإنه لا يضره شيءٌ حتى يرتحِلَ منه " . مسلم ."
Khawla Bint Hakeem narrated that the prophet said: "if anyone goes to any place he should say:
"I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what he has created, evil of jinn, people, pests, lions or anything else, then no harm comes to him.
Protection to be said by those who fell from the beast..
عن رجل قال َ : كنت رديف النبي ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم:فعثرت دابته فقلتُ : تعس الشيطان . فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا تقل تعس الشيطان فإنك إذا قلتَ ذلك تعاظم ، حتى يكون مثل البيت ؛ ويقول : بقوتي ، ولكن قل " بسم الله " ؛ فإنك إذا قلت ذلك تصاغر حتى يكون مثل الذباب " .
"Someone said I was riding on a mount behind the prophet (May peace be upon him). It stumbled. Thereupon I said: May the devil perish! He said: do not say; may the devil perish! For you say that, he will swell so much so that he will be like a house, and will say: by my power. But say: in the name of Allah; for when you say that, he will diminish so much so that he will be like a fly."
By Ahmed and Abi Dawood.
Protection to be said during intercourse..
قال رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم" لو أن أحدَهم ، إذا أراد أن أهله قال : باسم الله ، اللهم جنبنا الشيطان ، وجنب الشيطانَ ما رزقتنا ، فإنه إن يُقَدَّرْ بينهما ولدٌ في ذلك ، لم يضره شيطانٌ أبدًا " .
Ibn Abbas narrated that the prophet said:
“During the intercourse one should say: "In the name of Allah, may Allah keep us away from Satan, and keep Satan away from our children. If there is a child, it will not be harmed by Satan."
The last two Ayahs in Surat "Al Baqarah"..
قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " إن الله تبارك وتعالى كتب كتابًا قبل أن يخلق السموات والأرض بألفي عام ، وأنزل منه آيتين ختم بهما سورة البقرة ، ولا تقرآن في دار فيقربها شيطان ثلاث ليال " .
The prophet said:
Allah, the Blessed and the Most High, wrote a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down two verses with which He ended Surat Al-Baqarah. If they are recited in a house, Satan will not approach it for three nights.”..Al Hakem.
Protection while sleeping. .
أن رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم :
" كان إذا أخذ مضجعه نفث في يديه وقرأ بالمعوذات ومسح بها جسده " .
"A'isha narrated that the prophet when he lays down on his bed, he blows into his hands, recites the Moawezat and wipe his body with them". Al Bukhari.
Abi Hurairah narrated that someone came to steel from him for two days, every day Abi Hurairah wanted to take him to the prophet, but the thief told him I would not return to you, so Abi Hurairah left him.. But he came also the third night, Abi Hurairah refused to let him, so the thief told him that he would teach him words to keep away Satan from him, he told him to recite "Ayat-al-Kursi".when Abi Hurairah told the prophet of the story the prophet told him that the thief spoke the truth, while he was a liar. The prophet asked Abi Hurairah:
Do you know whom you were talking to, these three nights, O Abu Huraira?" Abu Huraira said, "No." He said, "It was Satan". Al Bukhari and Atermizi.
Seeking refuge from Satan's confusion at death..
كان رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يقول "اللَّهمَّ إنِّي أعوذُ بِكَ منَ التَّردِّي والْهَدمِ والغَرَقِ والحَريقِ ، وأعوذُ بِكَ أن يتخبَّطَني الشَّيطانُ عندَ الموتِ ، وأعوذُ بِكَ أن أموتَ في سبيلِكَ مُدبرًا ، وأعوذُ بِكَ أن أموتَ لديغًا"
The prophet used to say:
"I seek refuge in Thee from my house falling on me, I seek refuge in Thee from falling into an abyss, I seek refuge in Thee from drowning, burning and decrepitude. I seek refuge in Thee from the devil harming me at the time of my death, I seek refuge in Thee from dying in Thy path while retreating, and I seek refuge in Thee from dying of the sting of a poisonous creature." Al Nasa'i and Abi Dawood.
The call to prayer (Al Azan) drives out the devil..
" إن الشيطانَ إذا سمعَ النداءَ بالصلاةِ ، ذهبَ حتى يكونَ مكان الروحاء"
"The prophet said that if Satan hears Al Azan he moves far away".
Some scholars say that if the time is not the time for the call to prayer (Azan), and the person calls out the call to prayer, then Satan departs as well.
Sohail Ibn Abi Saleh said:
My father sent me to Bani Harithah.
He said: I have a boy of ours and a caller called him from a wall by his name.
He said: The one who was with me looked over the wall and did not see anything.
So I mentioned that to my father, and he said: if you heard a voice, call out for prayer, as I heard Abi Hurairah narrating that the
prophet said:
"Satan, when the call to prayer is called, takes over and has fart."
narrated by Muslim .
Protecting boys..
The wife of Imran, when she gave birth to Mariam,said:
"وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ".سورة آل عمران / آية : 36.
" I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan."
كانَ النبيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ يُعَوِّذُ الحَسَنَ والحُسَيْنَ، ويقولُ: إنَّ أَبَاكُما كانَ يُعَوِّذُ بهَا إسْمَاعِيلَ وإسْحَاقَ: أَعُوذُ بكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ، مِن كُلِّ شيطَانٍ وهَامَّةٍ، ومِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ".
The Prophet used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain and say: "Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and Isaac by reciting the following: 'O Allah! I seek Refuge with Your Perfect Words from every devil and from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful, envious eye.' Al Bukhari.
Preventing boys from going out in evening..
قال رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم "إذا كانَ جُنْحُ اللَّيْلِ -أوْ أمْسَيْتُمْ- فَكُفُّوا صِبْيانَكُمْ؛ فإنَّ الشَّياطِينَ تَنْتَشِرُ حِينَئِذٍ، فإذا ذَهَبَ ساعَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَحُلُّوهُمْ، فأغْلِقُوا الأبْوابَ، واذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ؛ فإنَّ الشَّيْطانَ لا يَفْتَحُ بابًا مُغْلَقًا، وأَوْكُوا قِرَبَكُمْ واذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ، وخَمِّرُوا آنِيَتَكُمْ واذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ، ولو أنْ تَعْرُضُوا عليها شَيئًا، وأَطْفِئُوا مَصابِيحَكُمْ"
When nightfalls, then keep your children close to you, for the devil spread out then. An hour later you can let them free; and close the gates of your house (at night), and mention Allah's Name thereupon, and cover your utensils, and mention Allah's Name thereupon, (and if you don't have something to cover your utensil) you may put across it something (e.g. a piece of wood etc.). Al Bukhari and Moslem.
This hadith contains a sentence of various kinds of etiquette that gather the interests of the hereafter and the world, and he enjoined these etiquettes, which are a reason for safety from the harm of Satan and the affliction of Allah.
This hadith is one of the hadiths that were neglected by many righteous Muslims, as well as the common people. And if they had looked closely at it and acted upon it, they would have been saved from many dangers, themselves, their offspring and their money, and Allah would have healed them in their bodies, their hearing and their sight, so Satan would not harm them.
And in some hadiths: “Do not send your livestock and children when the sun sets.”